The Torktarak, the Braha'tok, and the rest of the Alliance Fleet engaged the Imperials, hoping the shield generator on Endor below would be taken down by the ground strike team before the Imperial Fleet defeated them.[2] During the space battle, the Torktarak was forced to go to the aid of the Braha'tok, which had engaged the Carrack–class cruiserEminence, a frigate that was more than three times the size of the Dornean gunships. Together, the Braha'tok and the Torktarak were able to destroy the Eminence after the Torktarak attacked the Imperial warship from behind. However, the Braha'tok was seriously damaged during the engagement.[1]

After the Eminence was destroyed, the Torktarak continued to provide cover for the damaged Braha'tok.[1] The Alliance Fleet eventually destroyed the second Death Star after the superweapon's shields were finally disabled by the ground team on Endor, winning the battle against the Empire.[2] Following the Battle of Endor, the relatively undamaged Torktarak was returned to the Dornean Navy.[1]

The Torktarak had a crew of seventy-five Dornean Navy personnel under the command of Etahn A'baht. After the battle, A'baht was promoted to general, and he continued to serve for several more years in the military forces of the Rebel Alliance, which were reorganized into the New Republic after Endor.[1]

The Torktarak was created in 2006 in Ello137's winning entry in the StarWars.comHyperspace feature, "What's The Story?" The campaign allowed fans to provide the backstory for certain aspects of the saga; in Ello137's case, the Braha'tok-class gunships. Originally, Ello137 intended the ship's name to be a mythical Dornean name but was unable to fit it into the "flow" of his final entry.[3] The information on the Torktarak from Ello137's entry was later used in the entry on the Braha'tok-class gunship included in the 2008 reference book The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia.

In Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi, a Braha'tok-class gunship appears in the background during the space battle over Endor. However, the gunship has never been identified as either the Torktarak or the Braha'tok.